Great post. I didn't realize they had been able to simulate any recognizable behavior through stimulation of input neurons in the flywire project.
I think that the argument that we seem to be asked to support, that "a preserved brain or scan of the brain can be reconstructed into the reanimated self" is misleading. I would first ask everyone, who is skeptical of brain scanning and simulation, to first support their apparent position, that "when I go to sleep tonight, I will wake up the same person tomorrow". Once you really think deeply about why this assumption is "valid", either you realize that it isn't, or it makes it much simpler to answer the first question about scanning/simulation.
> The Aspirational Neuroscience prize money is only available due to a generous donation, while all other activities of the community are performed by volunteers. If you’re interested in contributing, we’d love to have you!
I can't contribute with my skills or time, but I do want to support this with my money. I was about to ask here where I could go to donate too, but after a bit of research I'm pretty sure this is the Brain Preservation donation - https://www.brainpreservation.org/donors - so I'm sharing it here in case others like me are interested.
Great post. I didn't realize they had been able to simulate any recognizable behavior through stimulation of input neurons in the flywire project.
I think that the argument that we seem to be asked to support, that "a preserved brain or scan of the brain can be reconstructed into the reanimated self" is misleading. I would first ask everyone, who is skeptical of brain scanning and simulation, to first support their apparent position, that "when I go to sleep tonight, I will wake up the same person tomorrow". Once you really think deeply about why this assumption is "valid", either you realize that it isn't, or it makes it much simpler to answer the first question about scanning/simulation.
> The Aspirational Neuroscience prize money is only available due to a generous donation, while all other activities of the community are performed by volunteers. If you’re interested in contributing, we’d love to have you!
I can't contribute with my skills or time, but I do want to support this with my money. I was about to ask here where I could go to donate too, but after a bit of research I'm pretty sure this is the Brain Preservation donation - https://www.brainpreservation.org/donors - so I'm sharing it here in case others like me are interested.